A Vow of Silence
Posted 12-22-2010 at 01:10 AM by MergingEntropy
A vow of silence.
We talk and we talk and we talk. Yet why do we? What do we say? We mention everything that we perceive in any aspect. We speak in tongues and we speak without using words. We talk even when we have nothing to say. Why do some talk more than others? Why is it that sometimes when you need to articulate so badly, it is then that you lose your voice? Sometimes we talk even when we’re unsure of our own voices. The poetic science of the voice-box that allows us to shout, whisper and mumble our opinions. What if you thought you had nothing left to say? What if you thought that the world had stopped listening and your voice had become rusty? Would you take a vow of silence?
Many religions take oaths of silence, but this is not necessarily about dogma. Some commit to silence for personal enlightenment. I was thinking about the beauty of silence and how often I don’t feel uncomfortable with it. I was also thinking of the choice of silence and if it would make you wish you’d never stopped speaking or if the silence would speak to you in the end. I do understand that some persons cannot fathom not being able to use their voice and would most likely make them appreciate their voice that much more and how others would embrace it. Depending on the length of time and the circumstances, I think it would be interesting to try because I think it’d be fascinating what the silence would say to me or what I could say to it. It would be extremely hard in some cases. I wouldn’t go to work if I was to experiment with this. I am sure if I were to go into public under this experiment and didn’t respond to what others were saying to me, I’d be pegged as rude or perhaps even deaf as an afterthought. I would miss talking to others, however. I would most likely still write out certain things to those close to me, but maybe not. It also makes me wonder if others would simply stop talking to me unless I was to give them my full attention and nod here and there. Maybe point at things sometimes. A vow of silence. An interesting tid-bit of thought.
We talk and we talk and we talk. Yet why do we? What do we say? We mention everything that we perceive in any aspect. We speak in tongues and we speak without using words. We talk even when we have nothing to say. Why do some talk more than others? Why is it that sometimes when you need to articulate so badly, it is then that you lose your voice? Sometimes we talk even when we’re unsure of our own voices. The poetic science of the voice-box that allows us to shout, whisper and mumble our opinions. What if you thought you had nothing left to say? What if you thought that the world had stopped listening and your voice had become rusty? Would you take a vow of silence?
Many religions take oaths of silence, but this is not necessarily about dogma. Some commit to silence for personal enlightenment. I was thinking about the beauty of silence and how often I don’t feel uncomfortable with it. I was also thinking of the choice of silence and if it would make you wish you’d never stopped speaking or if the silence would speak to you in the end. I do understand that some persons cannot fathom not being able to use their voice and would most likely make them appreciate their voice that much more and how others would embrace it. Depending on the length of time and the circumstances, I think it would be interesting to try because I think it’d be fascinating what the silence would say to me or what I could say to it. It would be extremely hard in some cases. I wouldn’t go to work if I was to experiment with this. I am sure if I were to go into public under this experiment and didn’t respond to what others were saying to me, I’d be pegged as rude or perhaps even deaf as an afterthought. I would miss talking to others, however. I would most likely still write out certain things to those close to me, but maybe not. It also makes me wonder if others would simply stop talking to me unless I was to give them my full attention and nod here and there. Maybe point at things sometimes. A vow of silence. An interesting tid-bit of thought.
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